maker

noun

mak·​er ˈmā-kər 

plural makers

: one that makes: such as

a

Maker : god sense 1

Tastemakers shunned Hartshorne because he violated modernist taboo by arguing that God actually exists. Faith establishments shunned him because he maintained that the Maker must be imperfect.

—Gregg Easterbrook

see also meet one's maker

b

archaic : poet

c

: a person who borrows money on a promissory note

The party that agrees to repay the money is the maker of the note, and the party that receives money in the future is the payee.

—Gary A. Porter and Curtis L. Norton

d

: manufacturer

For six months, starting in September 1972, Satoshi Kamata, a journalist, worked incognito as a temporary employee at Toyota, Japan's largest car maker.

—Steve Lohr

Robin Williams stars as Leslie Zevo, the son of a toy maker … with a macabre sense of whimsy.

—Peter Travers

e

: a person who experiments with creating, constructing, modifying, or repairing objects especially as a hobby

With 3D printers and sewing machines, laser cutters and hand tools, makers are innovating and revolutionizing the creative process of turning ideas into tangible objects.

—Record Observer (Centreville, Maryland)

Maker culture is about … learning by doing, taking an idea from paper to reality.

—Peg Mawby

As he tinkered, [inventor Saul] Griffith became a prime exemplar of "maker culture"—a community of sophisticated do-it-yourselfers who view hardware in the same provisional way that computer hackers view software, and who believe that making, modifying, and repairing things can be an antidote to throwaway consumerism.

—David Owen

Synonyms of maker

• Lord
• God
• Creator
• Father

Examples of maker in a Sentence

a maker of action films

a maker of computer chips

a hymn giving thanks to the Maker of all things

Recent Examples on the Web

Google’s scam detection was the driver behind the Android-maker’s safer-than-iPhone campaign that heralded Android’s lead in protecting users from malicious calls and text messages. —Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Scientists, medical experts, policy makers and administrators, along with citizens who care about public health and nuclear energy, can bolster public confidence in nuclear energy by weighing in on this decision with the latest, most rigorous information possible. —Katy Huff, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026

The investment bank upgraded the Gillette razor and Tide detergent maker to an overweight rating from neutral, with analyst Andrea Teixeira raising her 12-month price target to $165 from $157. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026

Intel, the largest maker of personal computer processors, is suffering from low manufacturing yields — the percentage of usable chips coming out of its factories. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing maker

• coffee maker
• decision maker
• hit-maker
• maker space
• market maker
• meet one's maker
• opinion maker
• policy maker
• star-maker
• widow maker

Rhymes for maker

• breaker
• laker
• nacre
• quaker
• raker
• sacre
• shaker
• taker
• automaker
• boilermaker
• cabinetmaker
• coffeemaker

Kids Definition

maker

noun

mak·​er ˈmā-kər 

: one that makes: as

a

capitalized : god sense 1

b

: a person who signs a promissory note

Legal Definition

maker

noun

mak·​er

: one (as an issuer) that undertakes to pay a negotiable instrument and especially a note

sign a note as maker rather than indorser